Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「正本清源」.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「正本清源」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
To rectify: to rectify fundamentally; to clear up: to clear up from the source. Rectify fundamentally and clean up at the source. A metaphor for rectifying and cleaning up fundamentally.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhèng běn qīng yuán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jing3 bun2 ching1 yun4
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
